2.6.3.3 Tenure Eligibility and Review Schedule ..... 2-19 2.6.3.3.1 Professor ..... 2-19 2.6.3.3.2 Associate Professor ..... 2-20 2.6.3.3.3 Assistant Professor ..... 2-20 2.6.4 Early Tenure Decision ..... 2-20 2.6.5 Limitations Concerning Tenure Eligibility ..... 2-20 2.6.5.1 Continuous Full-time Appointment ..... 2-20 2.6.5.2 Teaching Appointment vs. Administrative Appointment ..... 2-20 2.6.5.3 Joint Appointment ..... 2-21 2.6.5.4 Tenure at Initial Appointment ..... 2-21 2.6.6 Nondiscrimination ..... 2-21 2.7 PROMOTION AND TENURE: PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION, REVIEW, AND APPEALS ..... 2-21 2.7.1 Computing Years of Service for Promotion and/or Tenure ..... 2-21 2.7.2 Applying for Promotion and/or Tenure ..... 2-22 2.7.2.1 Withdrawal of Application for Tenure or Promotion ..... 2-22 2.7.3 Promotion and/or Tenure Dossiers ..... 2-22 2.7.3.1 Materials to be Included in Dossiers ..... 2-23 2.7.3.1.1 Material to be Provided by the Candidate to the Academic Unit ..... 2-23 2.7.3.1.2 Materials to be Provided by the Chairperson and/or Dean ..... 2-25 2.7.3.1.3 Materials to be supplied by the Dean to the Office of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs ..... 2-25 2.7.3.2 Letters of Evaluation and Recommendation ..... 2-26 2.7.3.3 Dossiers Completion ..... 2-26 2.7.3.4 Dossiers Confidentiality ..... 2-26 2.7.3.5 Disposition of Dossiers ..... 2-26 2.7.4 Review Procedures for Promotion and/or Tenure Dossiers ..... 2-27 2.7.4.1 Peer Review (Unit Committee Review) ..... 2-27 2.7.4.2 Chairperson or Dean's Review ..... 2-27 2.7.4.3 University Tenure and Promotion Committee Review ..... 2-27 2.7.4.4 Administrative Review ..... 2-27 2.7.5 Notification of Decision ..... 2-28 2.7.6 Tenure and Promotion Appeals Procedures ..... 2-28

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